Project: Shirt to Pillow Transformation

Project: Shirt to Pillow Transformation

Project for my momma. My mom went on vacation up the coast a while back. She came back with this way cute t-shirt; great fabric, but realllly huge. It had sentimental value because she has three sisters, loves the coast and her last name is "Bunn." She asked me to make it into a pillow. Initially I was just going to cute the front and back and sew up the edges - fairly simple. Then I decided to take it a step further. I loved the polka-dots on the pelicans, so I thought I'd roll with it. 

Supplies: 

Old t-shirt

Fabric

Sewing machine

Zipper (optional)
Pillow stuffing (I bought a newer looking pillow from Goodwill for $1.00)

Here is the shirt, with the center part cut out (I forgot to take a picture of the original shirt).

  

Then, I made sure to cut it to the same measurements. I cut out strips of the polka-dot for each side - 3" plus a 1/2" allowance on each side of the strip (probably a bit much, but I didn't wanna take any chances). 

I decided to add a zipper because I am stuffing challenged. 

Here is the final...

 

Needless to say, she was quite pleased and tickled with how it turned out.